Risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease breaks the blood–brain barrier

Makoto Ishii and Costantino Iadecola ()

Nature, 2020, vol. 581, issue 7806, 31-32

Abstract: People who carry the gene variant APOE4 are at higher-than-average risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. It emerges that this variant is linked to defects in the blood–brain barrier and subsequent cognitive decline.

Keywords: Neurodegeneration; Alzheimer's disease (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-01152-8

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